Sex crime and the media: Press representations in Northern Ireland

Criminal Visions Media Representations of Crime and Justice

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 90-115

  Greer, Chris ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781843924401     Document Type: Chapter

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